Scott Bush ordered held without bail on new child-sex charges

Scott Bush, the Windermere man accused of raping a young girl, is back in jail today after being arrested on new child-sex charges.

Bush, 50, is at the Orange County Jail on two counts of sexual battery on a child under 12 and one count of lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim under 12.

He was ordered to be held without bond during his appearance before Orange County Judge Deb Blechman on the new charges this afternoon.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials said the new charges stem from an incident involving another child who accused Bush of raping her in 2003. A Windermere detective investigated the allegations, stating she "believes that something" went on "but she is not sure what," FDLE's report shows.

The Department of Children and Families also investigated, but closed that case when the alleged victim left the state.

FDLE officials said agency "just covered it up and made it go away."

"The Windermere Police Department failed to conduct a proper investigation into these allegations," said FDLE Assistant Special Agent in Charge Danny Banks. "Had that agency done a proper investigation, Scott Bush would have been in jail or prison long before the most recent incident."

Before Tuesday's arrest, Bush had been out on a $50,000 bond set after deputies accused him in January of sexual battery involving a child younger than 12 and lewd or lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12. That case stemmed from a 2009 investigation.

FDLE agents on Jan. 12 had arrested Bush on those charges. That same day, FDLE arrested his close friend, then Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor, on charges of accepting unlawful compensation for official behavior and official misconduct.

Prosecutors said Saylor, 44, shut down a sexual-battery investigation involving Bush and asked officers to lie about it and destroy public records.

Saylor was fired two weeks after his arrest. Former Orlando police Chief Mike McCoy was sworn in as the new chief in February.

After Bush's release from jail in March, an Orange County Circuit judge ordered that he must wear a GPS monitoring device while on release. He cannot leave the Central Florida area. He must abide by a 10 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. curfew.

He cannot have contact with the alleged victim and Saylor. Bush also cannot have unsupervised contact with anyone younger than 18, according to the judge's order. He was also ordered to turn in his passport.wpacheco@tribune.com or 407-420-6262.